Ore-car.



No. 731,242. PATENTBD JUNE 16', 1903.

A'. STUGKI.

ORB CAR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28, 1902.

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ARNOLD STOKI, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO PRESSED STEEL OAR'COMPANY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION ORE-CAR.'

, Y. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,242, dated J' une 16, 1903.

f Application inea June 28,1902.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ARNOLD STUCKI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Allegheny, in the county ofvAllegheny and State 5 of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new. and useful Improvement in Ore-Cars, ofwhichl A the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a side-dump car for transporting ore and other material.

In carrying out the invention I provide a body which in general profile may be likened to an inverted pyramid, the base'of which has vertical sides, and this body is mounted upon an nnderframe composed, essentially, of center sills constructed with bolsters and having ends whose sides converge from the bolsters to the draft-rigging sills. The sides are provided with 4outwardly and downwardly opening doors for the discharge of the load and arranged so that the whole load can be dumped either to one side of the ear or the other. The operating mechanism for these doors extends to the ends ofthe car. Rests are provided to support the doors in their opened positions in order to convert them into chutes for the load. Since side sills are, done away with and the sides must carry the load, these sides are reinforced internally and externally by gussetplates. These features of construction, together with others, as herein-after more particularly specified and claimed, constitute the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, in the several iigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a half vertical section taken through one of the doors or gates and an end View. Fig. 2 shows in its left-hand half a plan view just above theunderframe, while it shows in its right-hand half a top plan View of the body and end. Fig. 3 shows in its left-hand half a vertical longitudinal section and in its right-hand halfa side elevation.

The underframe comprises, essentially, a pair of center sills l, whichv are herein shown as extending from end to end of the car and as constitutingnot only'the center sills proper,

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but also the draft-rigging sills and holsters at their opposite ends, and, as herein shown, these bolsters comprise pairs of diaphragme 2, riveted to opposite sides of the center sills, and-a pair of diaphragms 3, riveted between the said center sills, a top cover-plate 4, and a bottom cover-plate 5, thus constituting what is known as a built-up bolster; but a builtup bolster or a solid bolster will be used, in yaccordance with whether or not the center sills 'are continuous from end to end of the car.A There areno side sills in the preferred construction, and instead of end sills extending the width of the underframe there may be placed face-plates 6 over the ends of the centersills to receive the draw-bars, and theface-plates at the ends of the center sills may -be connected with the ends of the bolsters by means of diaphragrns or beams 7, converging toward the center sills from the ends of the bolsters, and the ends may be covered over with metal plates or flooring or other material for providing a suitable platform. As indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, the coupler-operating mechanism may be applied to one of these oblique sides of the platform. On that platform on which there is no brake-staff is provided a stanchion 8 for convenience of the trainman in going from one car to another.

The car-body, as already indicated, is substantially the contour of-an inverted pyramidthat is to say, its longitudinalsides 9 converge, as also' do its ends l0, and above the converging sides the walls of the body extend vertically, as at 11, and above the inclined ends the end walls 12 of the body also extend vertically for any desired distance. Both the inclined and the vertical walls of the body may be of metal plates suitably united, as by 'riveting and, if desired, braced by vertical and diagonal braces, as shown substantially in the right-hand h'alf of Fig. 3. The truncated inverted apex of this inverted pyramidal body is supported above the center sills, and the sides are braced by gusset-plates 13 between bolsters, which gusset-plates are secured to the inclined sides and also secured to brackets 14, projecting laterally at intervals from the center sills.

These brackets 14 are secured to the center sills at points corresponding to the edges of the doors, and the-y areincliued on their upper faces 'to serve as supports for the doors when opened and to render said doors serviceable as chutes for the discharge of the load. The inclined ends of the body are also supported and braced by longitudinal platestruts 15, which may beL stiffened by ribs 16, and similarly-stiened transverse plate-struts 17, interposed between and riveted to the underframe and said inclined ends. The

vertical ends of the car are connected with,

the underframe by means of posts in any desired number, there being preferably, as shown in Fig. 1, corner-posts 18 and interme- The doors, of which by preference there` are four or twoto a side, are designated 21,

and they are hinged at 22 at their lower ends and open downwardly from above. Each door is provided with one or more brackets 23, connected with chains 24 on a Windingy shaft 25, which winding-shaft may extend parallel with the inclined sides of the body` and project beyond the ends thereof and have bearings in plates 26, erected between the post 18 and 19 and there provided with any suitable actuating mechanism and de tent or locking device, substantially such as shown in the righthand side of Fig. 1.

The invention is not limited to the vkind of .l doors or door-operating mechanism shown,

but what is shown is preferred.

the body, so as to-constitnte of themchutesl to facilitate the side dischargev of the load,` and to take the strain off the operating chains or mechanism in the operation of unloading.

Since there are no side sills and the bodyE itself carries the load, it is evident that thej body must be reinforced as well internallyi; as externally, and, as alreadystated, external gusset-plates 13 are used to brace the; body from the outside, and, as shown in Fig.;

3, one or more internal gusset or partition;A plates 27 are employed, which extend vertically across the body from side to side.

The

vertical side Walls may be reinforced bygus-` set-plates 28, connecting.,r them with the top edge of the gusset-plate 27. gusset-plates not only serve to tie the sides,

These several but they also serve to keep the sides square` and rigid. The external gusset-plates serve also as guides to prevent the discharging load from running out behind the wheels.

is practically carried by the body, or, more specifically, by the sides of the body, as al-l ready explained, it is apparent that the duty the end shocks.

By the cutting 0E of the platform or its formation with converging sides, as shown, the total light weight of the car is greatly reduced.

The push-pole pockets and car-stepsmay be placed at the ends of the holsters.

By the construction described there results in addition to the advantages already set forth the additional advantage that the load may be dumped very quickly, since the dooropening is large, and this further advantage growing out of the simplicity of the construction-namely, that repairs will be small an comparatively' inexpensive. i

Pressed steel or structural steel may be employed throughout, alone or together, as may be desired or found necessary or convenient.

While the car is primarily designed as an ore-car and the claims herein are so phrased, it is not thereby intended to limit the application of the car for that one purpose, and the claims are 'to be so understood. Where the car is constructed for use solely 'for ore and other lgranular freight, the doors at their meeting edges in the bottom of the body may be provided with joints substantially like a piano-hinge joint or of other approved construction to avoid accumulation of the particles of the load in the joints.

What I claim ,is-

1. An ore-car, having an underframe without side sills, and comprising essentially'center sills, holsters, and end platforms having converging sides, anda body mounted above said underframe, and provided with outwardly and downwardly opening doors ar i ranged between the holsters.

The brackets 14, as already indicated, serve as bearings to receive the doors when they r are' opened, to support them at an incline to .u

2. An ore-car, having an underframe without side sills, and comprising essentially center sills, holsters, and endplatforms-having converging sides, and a body mounted upon said underframe and arranged in such a way as' to Vpermit lthe dumping of lthe entire load either to one side or the other;

3. An ore-car, comprising an'un'derframe, having center sills and bolsters, without side sills, and a superposed body of substantially the form of an inverted 'truncated pyramid, theinclined sides provided with outwardly and downwardly opening doors, vmeans to open and close said `doors, and means to support lthe doors in their open position.

4. An ore-car, comprising essentially an underframe, having center sills and holsters, Without side sills, a body'mounted thereupon and having inwardly -inclined converging sides and ends, outwardly and downwardly opening doors arranged in pairs in opposite sides of the said body, door-operating mechanism extended to the ends of the body, and

, means to support the doors in their opened Since there are no side sills and the load.

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5. In an ore-car, an underframe without side sills, and a body having downwardlyconverging sides, and external and internal gussetfplates for reinforcing the sides.

6. In an orecar, an underframe, having IOO IIO

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center sills, and laterally-projecting brackets, ter sills, holsters and end platforms, said platcombined with a body erected upon said unforms consisting of sides converging from the derframe and having inclined sides, and vgusbolsters to the center sil1s,a top Iloor,and pushset-plates interposed between said inclined pole pockets applied to the bolster ends.

5 sides and said brackets. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 15 7. An underframe for cars, comprising cenmy hand this 24th day of May, A. D. 1902. ter sills, holsters and end platforms, said plat- ARNOLD STUCKI. forms consisting of sides converging from the Witnesses: holsters to the center sills, and a top floor. A. F. -SMELTZER,

ro 8. An underframefor cars, comprising cen- W. L. CARR. 

